Made by Hyochien, painted by Soga Tokumaru.

Date inscription in characters translated as "Meiji juichinen junigatsu" = 12th month Meiji (1878).

Probably exhibited at the Sydney International Exhibition, 1879

Vase, porcelain, with a short foot, swollen cylindrical body and short neck with everted rim, poultry decoration painted onglaze in polychrome enamels on a sparse white reserve, one side featuring a crowing rooster with two hens, the reverse with a hen with two chicks, floral design on neck and foot in gilded enamels, gilt rim. Made by Hyochien and painted by Soga Tokumaru, Tokyo, Japan, 1878

Made: Hyochien; Tokyo, Japan; 1878

Made: Tokumaru, Soga; Tokyo, Japan; 1878


Used: Sydney

Painted inscription under the base in red enamel, in characters translated as: "Dai roppyaku hachijuroku go" (= No. 686) / "Meiji juichinen junigatsu" (= 12th month Meiji = 1878) / "Nihon Tokyo" (= Tokyo, Japan) / "Hyochien sei" (= Made by Hyochien) / "Soga Tokumaru ga" (= Painted by Soga Tokumaru). There is also a paper label marked "Kioto 1878 / Kochiin matter" which was originally attached to the underside of the vase and which noe is attached to the blue file.

A2569-1

1878

338 mm

180 mm

180 mm